At 11:40 PM 7/6/2002, mike wrote:
>Well, half the mystery is solved.  The relay that is over warm is the x
>relay.   It's not on the fuse block because its position is melted/wrecked
>so it hangs free.
>
>Put the new relay in.  wipers/heater blower still works with the key off but
>the turn signals don't [didn't with the old relay either]  Maybe that's the
>way it supposed to be?

Nope, something is activating the X-relay when it shouldn't be.  Unplug it
and you should find that your blower, wipers, rear defrost don't work.

The 30 and 87 leads should be always-live and load, respectively.  The 85
and 86 should be X-contact of the ign switch, and ground.  It doesn't
really matter if either pair are switched around.

I think you're going to find that either 85 or 86 is always live, as well
as 30 or 87...the relay coil doesn't draw vast amounts of juice, could
probably sit quite a while with it activated.

david

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